Copy and paste this worksheet as a separate page linked to the Homepage of your portfolio. DO NOT type your answers on THIS document because it needs to be used by other students. The title of your page which replies to these questions is linked to your portfolio and should begin with the first initials of your first and last name. (In my case, the link to this worksheet from my portfolio page would read frdesigndrive.)
You may earn a maximum of 3 points toward your final grade by doing the above and answering the questions and submitting them ontime (no later than Sunday, February 25 on or before 12:01am). Any worksheets submitted after the deadline will get a 0. You will be rewarded a maximum of 3 points if I judge your work to be above average. You will receive 2 points if your work is average, that is it may have a few minor mistakes in some of the answers but demonstrates correct grammar and indicates that some, but not all, of the answers, are acceptable and well expressed. You will earn only 1 point if you simply answered the questions and/or if you use poor grammar and if there are signs that you have not read the material on which your answers are based.
Reflect on the following questions and answer them in some detail.
1. Which of the possible venues do you think would best suit this play? Why do you believe the dramatic action would be best served in this venue?
- I think the proscenium venue would work best for this play. The dramatic action would be best served because the characters in the car often interact with each other in a way that the audience needs to see through pantomime. Any other venue might make it hard for all audience members to see, and thus become less involved and immersed in what is happening.
2. What are some of the design challenges posed by the play?
- The car in the play could pose a design challenge. The designer needs to make the car believable and able to be seen by all sides of the audience without taking away from the action that is happening in it.
3. Choose the various chorus characters and discuss how you see them dressed. In what ways do you think the costumes you describe would help articulate their purpose in this play?
- I see all the chorus members dressed in all black. I feel this would articulate their purpose as inner demons, as Lil'Bit relives and deals with the trauma of what happened to her. It also puts them in a darker clothes to undertone all the people who could've helped, or done something, to stop what she went through.
4. Provide some ideas about the use of light in the play?
- For the most part, I think any interactions alone between Lil'Bit and her Uncle Peck to have dimmer, gloomier lighting, almost basement like. It would be especially cool if, when in the car, the lights of the stage reflected that. Headlights off the front, maybe no lighting outside their "car" to emphasize that they're on a dark road alone. Even a small glow on their faces from the dashboard? For the Greek Chorus, I'd want a spotlight on them, to make the audience feel as though each time they enter they're entering from Lil'Bit's own subconsciousness. The rest of the scenes, with her family, should be brightly lit as to play an important contrast against her memories of Uncle Peck.
5. Suggest music and sound effects that could help accentuate the mood or atmosphere of the play.
- I think the music the writer listened to while writing this would be best played throughout the play, particularly in the car/in scenes with Peck. Cheerful, upbeat sounds of the time to play a harsh contrast against what is happening, to accentuate Lil'Bit's confusion in recalling what happened. I think the sound effects should be natural, only effects made by the actors themselves in order to preserve the mood and realism.
You may earn a maximum of 3 points toward your final grade by doing the above and answering the questions and submitting them ontime (no later than Sunday, February 25 on or before 12:01am). Any worksheets submitted after the deadline will get a 0.
You will be rewarded a maximum of 3 points if I judge your work to be above average. You will receive 2 points if your work is average, that is it may have a few minor mistakes in some of the answers but demonstrates correct grammar and indicates that some, but not all, of the answers, are acceptable and well expressed. You will earn only 1 point if you simply answered the questions and/or if you use poor grammar and if there are signs that you have not read the material on which your answers are based.
Reflect on the following questions and answer them in some detail.
1. Which of the possible venues do you think would best suit this play? Why do you believe the dramatic action would be best served in this venue?
- I think the proscenium venue would work best for this play. The dramatic action would be best served because the characters in the car often interact with each other in a way that the audience needs to see through pantomime. Any other venue might make it hard for all audience members to see, and thus become less involved and immersed in what is happening.
2. What are some of the design challenges posed by the play?
- The car in the play could pose a design challenge. The designer needs to make the car believable and able to be seen by all sides of the audience without taking away from the action that is happening in it.
3. Choose the various chorus characters and discuss how you see them dressed. In what ways do you think the costumes you describe would help articulate their purpose in this play?
- I see all the chorus members dressed in all black. I feel this would articulate their purpose as inner demons, as Lil'Bit relives and deals with the trauma of what happened to her. It also puts them in a darker clothes to undertone all the people who could've helped, or done something, to stop what she went through.
4. Provide some ideas about the use of light in the play?
- For the most part, I think any interactions alone between Lil'Bit and her Uncle Peck to have dimmer, gloomier lighting, almost basement like. It would be especially cool if, when in the car, the lights of the stage reflected that. Headlights off the front, maybe no lighting outside their "car" to emphasize that they're on a dark road alone. Even a small glow on their faces from the dashboard? For the Greek Chorus, I'd want a spotlight on them, to make the audience feel as though each time they enter they're entering from Lil'Bit's own subconsciousness. The rest of the scenes, with her family, should be brightly lit as to play an important contrast against her memories of Uncle Peck.
5. Suggest music and sound effects that could help accentuate the mood or atmosphere of the play.
- I think the music the writer listened to while writing this would be best played throughout the play, particularly in the car/in scenes with Peck. Cheerful, upbeat sounds of the time to play a harsh contrast against what is happening, to accentuate Lil'Bit's confusion in recalling what happened. I think the sound effects should be natural, only effects made by the actors themselves in order to preserve the mood and realism.